Hat-rack



(No Model.) I

' W. M. PEGRAM.

HAT RACK N0. 498,886E Patented June 6, 1893.

STATES PATENT rsrcn.

\VILLIAM MILES PEGRAM, OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

HAT-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,886, dated June 6,1893.

Application filed August 30, 1892. Serial No. 444,527. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM MILES PEGRAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Charlotte, in the county of Mecklenburg andState of North Carolina,have invented a new and useful Improvement inHat-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved rack for holding hats. Its principal objectis a cheap, convenient and durable device for securely holding hatswithout defacing or injuring them.

The invention consists of a frame of wood and wire, the Wire being sobent and connected to the frame as to form a receptacle for hats of anysize or shape.

I attain the above named object by the means illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of rackcon structed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view ofa portion of the rack. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the wire brace B. Fig.4 is a detail view of the wire loop 0. Fig. 5 is a back view of aportion of the rack. Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the rectangularwire frames D. Fig. 7 is an end view of rack at F.

Referring to the drawings in which like letters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the figures A. designates the improved rackwhich consists of a frame of wood and wire, the frame consisting of twoparallel bars or strips of wood A A and two cross end bars F. niortisedinto the parallel bars as shown in Fig. 7 at each end of bar F. Then Ibore small holes in the parallel bars A A as shown at a a. I then takemedium sized wire and cut ofi suitable lengths of which to form restsfor the brim of hats. I will first refer to the process of bending thewire to the proper shapes.

Referring to Fig. 3, I secure the Wire in a vise near the end thereof,and bend the end to a right angle. I then move the wire in the vise alittle and bend it again to a right angle. I move the wire farther inthe vise and again bend it to a right angle. I move it a little more inthe vise and bend it to a right angle. This completes the wire brace B,Fig. 3, the wire having been bent each time to form the right angles asshown in Fig. 3. I secure this wire brace B. to frame A. by placing theend. of the prongs E. through the perforations at the ends thereof ontoframe A above.

the end of the frame A. on either side thereof and clinch the ends toframe above.

I will next describe the method of forming the rectangular wire framesD, Fig. 6. I take two of the wire braces B, Fig. 3 and secure them inavise with the ends of the prongs E. pointing upward and the rightangles on a level and by twisting them with a large pair of pliers Iform the rectangular wire frames D, Fig. 6. I then secure thisrectangular wire frame D. to the frame A. by placing the ends of theprongs E. through the fourth hole or perforation on the rear side andthe second hole or perforation on the front side of frame A. and clinchover the ends of the wire onto the frame above as shown by letters a aFig. 1. I will now describe the process of bending the wire loop 0,Fig.4. I cut off wire the desired length, and secure the wire in a visefrom the end and bend over the end to a right angle and then move thewire the proper distance in the vise and bend it over to a right angle.This forms wire loop 0, Fig. 4. I secure this wire loop 0. to rear offrame A by placing the prongs E. inside of the right angles of the Wirebrace B. and the rectangular wire frame D. as adjusted to the frame andpass the prongs through the second and third perforations in the rear offrame A. and clinch This completes the first receptacle for hats. Whenthe hat is placed in the receptacle the crown depends as shown in Fig.2.

Other sections of the rack are made as the first has been defined andattached to the frame as they are described and in this way the rack canbe extended. In Fig. 2 the hat is shown in front of the wire loop 0.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings itwill be seen that I provide an improved hat rack strong, light andsimple in construction, which is cheap and inexpensive of manufactureand attractive and ornamental in appearance.

The receptacles for hats are efiective for the purposes designed andprevent the accidental detachment of the hat from the rack when it isplaced in position.

The rack when adjusted to seats or benches in churches, school rooms orpublic places forms an excellent receptacle to keep hats out of dust orfilth which may accumulate on the floors thereof. Or when placedperpendicularly against walls in halls in dwellings, h0- tels, &c., itforms a convenient receptacle for the hat.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and forwhich I desire to secure Letters Patent, is

A hat rack consisting of two parallel perforated strips A. A. connectedtogether by spacing bars F. and of rectangular frames formed of wire andprojections thereon at right angles thereto said frames being connectedby spacing Wires and secured in the perforations of the strips throughthe said perforations and of U shaped spacing wires 0 secured inperforations in the rear strip and serving to unite and brace theadjacent frames the whole constructed and united together substantiallyin the manner and for the purposes specified.

WILLIAM MILES PEGRAM.

Witnesses:

D. G. MAXWELL, H. C, SEvERs.

